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Tennis: Jabeur becomes first Arab player to reach top 10

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Ons Jabeur of Tunisia hits a backhand return to Paula Badosa of Spain during their semifinal match at the ATP-WTA Indian Wells tennis tournament on October 15, 2021 in Indian Wells, California. Frederic J. Brown, AFP" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/10/19/ons.jpg"/><figcaption>Ons Jabeur of Tunisia hits a backhand return to Paula Badosa of Spain during their semifinal match at the ATP-WTA Indian Wells tennis tournament on October 15, 2021 in Indian Wells, California. Frederic J. Brown, AFP</figcaption></figure></div>PARIS, France -- Tunisia&#x27;s Ons Jabeur became the first Arab tennis player to break into the world&#x27;s top 10 on Monday, while Indian Wells champion Paula Badosa gained 14 places in the WTA rankings.Jabeur, a Wimbledon quarter-finalist earlier this year, was beaten by Spain&#x27;s Badosa in the Indian Wells semi-finals last Friday.Before the tournament, 14th place was the highest achieved by Arab players, a record which was jointly held by Jabeur and former Moroccan star Younes El Aynaoui.The 23-year-old Badosa, who beat Victoria Azarenka in Saturday&#x27;s final in California, started the year as the world number 70 but has now climbed to 13th.Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka moved up two places and back into the top 10 despite not playing last week.<div>WTA top 20:</div>1. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 9,077 pts2. Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 7,1153. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 5.3204. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 4.748 (+1)5. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 4.425 (+1)6. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 4.096 (+1)7. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4.005 (+2)8. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3,500 (+6)9. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3,365 (+1)10. Naomi Osaka (JPN) 3,326 (+2)11. Iga Swiatek (POL) 3,306 (-7)12. Angelique Kerber (GER) 3,265 (+3)13. Paula Badosa (ESP) 3,248 (+14)14. Sofia Kenin (USA) 3,130 (-6)15. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3,035 (-4)16. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 2,986 (-3)17. Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 2,883 (-1)18. Elise Mertens (BEL) 2,83519. Simona Halep (ROM) 2,807 (-2)20. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 2,766<div> © Agence France-Presse</div>

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur became the first Arab tennis player to break into the world's top 10 on Monday.